Toughnut Mine

The Toughnut Mine is a silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,573 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Toughnut Mine
Secondary: Tombstone Group
Secondary: Northwest
Secondary: Hoodoo Stopes

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: PIPES

Structure

Type: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, N Trending Dikes, Ne Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Recrystallized

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Cuprite
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS PRODUCED IN LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. AFTER 1883 PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED UNDER GOODENOUGH AND TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000110 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): ONE OF TOMBSTONE'S FIRST MINES, INCLUDED IN TOMBSTONE GROUP, ADJOINS EMPIRE SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED, BASE METAL SULFIDES IN REPLACEMENT OREBODI ES IN LOWER SECTION OF CRETACEOUS BEDS ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS AND IN PIPES WHERE ROLLS ARE CUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.

Comment (Workings): WORKING DIMENSIONS INCLUDE EMPIRE, AND ADJOINING SHAFT. ALSO ADJOINS WEST SIDE, DEFENSE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LOWER MEMBER OF BISBEE FM IS "NOVACULITE "OF BUTLER"

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, ETAL, 1938, ABM BULL. 143

Reference (Deposit): GILULLY, 1956: USGS PP 281

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S.; WILSON, E.D.; RASOR, C.A.; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, PL. 3,4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

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